PRSCustomizer: Customize and personalize your PRS505 Reader - Page 47

cartman · 06-09-2009, 06:53 AM

Hello. I would like to suggest an addition to PRSCustomizer, the PRS-505 Page Counter, Read Timer and Pages per Minute hack (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36166) I have tried it and it works fine, and surely is quite useful, as it can predict in about how much time you will be able to finish a book.

voidIndigo · 06-12-2009, 09:32 AM

Hi,

I´m currently working in integrating the page counter into my already PRScustomized Pierre (PRS -> Pierre, got it?

Well, I think it's funny!

).

I'm keeping a record of the lines modified, but I just got a terrible flu (not the famous one, I think) and forgot the files in my computer at work. If I survive (it IS a terrible flu, I'm typing with one hand and stuffing paper in my nose with the other

) and finish it AND it works, I'll let you know.

[]´s

void Indigo

ShacharWeis · 06-14-2009, 06:29 AM

Hey everyone,
I have a new PRS-505 with Firmware version 1.1.01.25200
I tried to install PRS-Customizer 1.4 and it wont run,
claiming the firmware version is not supported.
Ideas ?
Thanks,
Shachar Weis.

netseeker · 06-14-2009, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShacharWeis

I tried to install PRS-Customizer 1.4 and it wont run,
claiming the firmware version is not supported.
Ideas ?

Hello Shachar, you have to use the official Sony Update to "downgrade" your firmware to version 1.1.00.18040 first. Extract the Updaters exe-file and increment the version number in "prs505/eBookUpdater/assets/updaterAssets/PRSVersion.dat". Then execute the update program. See also Jeffs post. After that you can use the PRSCustomizer without problems.

kmvargo · 06-18-2009, 10:51 PM

Even though I work on computers I was hesitant to do this to my new reader. Well I took the plunge and it works great. Just wanted to say Thanks.

PJ45 · 06-21-2009, 11:51 PM

HI, I am new to this forum, I did try PRS customizer. I was able to change the logo with my name and phone number> I canot figure out how to change the language> I did select firmware 1.1 US. in language, trying french or all language. I clicked on customize then I copied the SDcard forder content on the root of my SDcard and flashed the reader. everything seemed to be fine exepted that there is no change for the languages. still in US> only my Name and Logo with phone number showing...

- is there supposed to be a choice in the menu or only one language can be preset at a time? ( would need french and russian, possibly german.)
I did previously flash the reader with a russify software (2007) but could not see any difference with fonts or language

- how those 12 languages work?. Does it support books in those languages?
- I want to download a couple of russian books need to know if the interface is russian cyrillic fonts. or how to proceed to download it and install???

Thanks for any suggestion

assr · 06-27-2009, 02:43 PM

Have version 1.1.01.25200 2025 Customizer does not work for this version. What can I do? My os Windows Vista.

Tns

JeffElkins · 06-27-2009, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PJ45

HI, I am new to this forum, I did try PRS customizer. I was able to change the logo with my name and phone number> I canot figure out how to change the language> I did select firmware 1.1 US. in language, trying french or all language. I clicked on customize then I copied the SDcard forder content on the root of my SDcard and flashed the reader. everything seemed to be fine exepted that there is no change for the languages. still in US> only my Name and Logo with phone number showing...

- is there supposed to be a choice in the menu or only one language can be preset at a time? ( would need french and russian, possibly german.)
I did previously flash the reader with a russify software (2007) but could not see any difference with fonts or language

- how those 12 languages work?. Does it support books in those languages?
- I want to download a couple of russian books need to know if the interface is russian cyrillic fonts. or how to proceed to download it and install???

Thanks for any suggestion

Choose Language=All in the dropdown menu. After you flash go to the 505's About screen to select your language.

JeffElkins · 06-27-2009, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by assr

Have version 1.1.01.25200 2025 Customizer does not work for this version. What can I do? My os Windows Vista.

Tns

You have to be using the US or UK firmware. To update your reader to the US/Canadian firmware go to:

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu...S=7#div_pos_30

trektech · 06-29-2009, 09:22 PM

thank you very much for this handy tool.

made my reader really personal.....

marypinchesme · 06-29-2009, 11:33 PM

can you darken the txt on sony prs-505? newbe girl

gwynevans · 06-30-2009, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marypinchesme

can you darken the txt on sony prs-505? newbe girl

Not directly.

You could try different fonts, but it's non-trivial. It would be easiest to see how they look using ePub, but you'd still have to do a certain amount of tweaking & digging around.

dpierron · 06-30-2009, 10:05 AM

Shameless plug : I posted about a Font Test collection I made today, and it contains ePub files (Battlestar Galactica by Jeffrey A. Carver) with embedded fonts, perfect for easily testing Droid, Fontin, Fontin SansSerif and Liberation SansSerif...

ht1948 · 06-30-2009, 11:08 PM

Hi guys, just a question from a newbie. If I used PRSCustomizer to flash my 505 with unicode font, will I be able to read ebooks in languages such as vietnamese, chinese? TIA

dpierron · 07-01-2009, 01:40 AM

If you install a font with support for the vietnamese and chinese charsets (UTF8?) - and can read the language

- then yes you'll be able to read ebooks in chinese and vietnamese.

One caveat though : the default font replacement trick wonderfully described by Valloric will work for LRF but will not work for ePub (which is read by Adobe Digital Editions, a totally different software)... You'll have to make some modifications to your ePub files (see my previous post)

Cheers,
David.

06-12-2009, 09:32 AM	#692
voidIndigo Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 20 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brazil Device: Sony PRS 505, REB 1200, Kobo Glo	Hi, I´m currently working in integrating the page counter into my already PRScustomized Pierre (PRS -> Pierre, got it? Well, I think it's funny!). I'm keeping a record of the lines modified, but I just got a terrible flu (not the famous one, I think) and forgot the files in my computer at work. If I survive (it IS a terrible flu, I'm typing with one hand and stuffing paper in my nose with the other ) and finish it AND it works, I'll let you know. []´s void Indigo

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ShacharWeis Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: fx-82c	Hey everyone, I have a new PRS-505 with Firmware version 1.1.01.25200 I tried to install PRS-Customizer 1.4 and it wont run, claiming the firmware version is not supported. Ideas ? Thanks, Shachar Weis.

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kmvargo Member Posts: 19 Karma: 22 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony 505	Even though I work on computers I was hesitant to do this to my new reader. Well I took the plunge and it works great. Just wanted to say Thanks.

06-21-2009, 11:51 PM	#696
PJ45 Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Frs 505	HI, I am new to this forum, I did try PRS customizer. I was able to change the logo with my name and phone number> I canot figure out how to change the language> I did select firmware 1.1 US. in language, trying french or all language. I clicked on customize then I copied the SDcard forder content on the root of my SDcard and flashed the reader. everything seemed to be fine exepted that there is no change for the languages. still in US> only my Name and Logo with phone number showing... - is there supposed to be a choice in the menu or only one language can be preset at a time? ( would need french and russian, possibly german.) I did previously flash the reader with a russify software (2007) but could not see any difference with fonts or language - how those 12 languages work?. Does it support books in those languages? - I want to download a couple of russian books need to know if the interface is russian cyrillic fonts. or how to proceed to download it and install??? Thanks for any suggestion

06-27-2009, 02:43 PM	#697
assr Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: sony 505	Have version 1.1.01.25200 2025 Customizer does not work for this version. What can I do? My os Windows Vista. Tns

06-29-2009, 09:22 PM	#700
trektech Member Posts: 19 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Singapore Device: Sony PRS-505, Nexus One, Nikon D700, Smartq V7	thank you very much for this handy tool. made my reader really personal.....

06-29-2009, 11:33 PM	#701
marypinchesme Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: gemstar 1150	can you darken the txt on sony prs-505? newbe girl

06-30-2009, 10:05 AM	#703
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	Shameless plug : I posted about a Font Test collection I made today, and it contains ePub files (Battlestar Galactica by Jeffrey A. Carver) with embedded fonts, perfect for easily testing Droid, Fontin, Fontin SansSerif and Liberation SansSerif...

06-30-2009, 11:08 PM	#704
ht1948 Member Posts: 22 Karma: 196 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	Hi guys, just a question from a newbie. If I used PRSCustomizer to flash my 505 with unicode font, will I be able to read ebooks in languages such as vietnamese, chinese? TIA

07-01-2009, 01:40 AM	#705
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	If you install a font with support for the vietnamese and chinese charsets (UTF8?) - and can read the language - then yes you'll be able to read ebooks in chinese and vietnamese. One caveat though : the default font replacement trick wonderfully described by Valloric will work for LRF but will not work for ePub (which is read by Adobe Digital Editions, a totally different software)... You'll have to make some modifications to your ePub files (see my previous post) Cheers, David.